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Re: [photo-3d] Showscan

  • From: William Gartin <william_gartin@xxxxxxx>
  • Subject: Re: [photo-3d] Showscan
  • Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 00:25:39 -0600
The movie was "Brainstorm", and I believe the compromise was made by going
to full wide-screen for the "mind-movie" (?) sections, which translates on
video to being more of a squeezed fisheye look. Unfortunately, I never saw
it in theaters.

Wasn't Showscan  Douglas Trumbull's baby (Special Effects for "2001", "Close
Encounters" and others... turned down "Star Wars")? I think it was
originally supposed to be shot on 65mm and run at about 60fps (?), but
psychologically began to look like video at that speed, as the frame
"flicker" is well beyond persistence of vision (which was the whole idea in
the first place!) I believe that after that they dropped it down around
40fps, but never really could make it go, due to the costs. It's primarily a
simulator ride format, now. As I understand, and I may be mistaken, 70mm
prints are normally made from 35m camera negatives.

BTW, anyone remember the name John Dykstra?
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William Gartin <william_gartin@xxxxxxx>